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I agree with kbmum. A lot of people got burned on COS and just don't want to commit before buying. Remember the phantom Julie Waters auto card. Wheres that gone? Thought it might turn up in this set like Artbox did with the GOF Unmemorable moments autograph stitch-up ( 4 unknown death-eaters and a bunch of late autos from previous sets). Also more recycled props and costume cards to boot. For the first time ever I am not buying a case of HP cards. I think Artbox have decided to suck the collector dry. I'll save a ton by going on eBay. The auto line-up at the moment is dire, bar Daniel Radcliffe, who no doubt will only be signing the rarest card by a good few miles. I probably sound a right miserable git but I only post nowadays when I smell a rat. Limited information at this late stage can mean only one thing - Run Away!!! Run to the hills...............

Yours disillusioned with the route Potter is taking, Steve ( actually normally a happy person )

Hi Guys, thanks for the feedback, always much appreciated. Tower is right, my subject title was a little misleading. I was just so angry with my lot I had to get out there with the emotion of the moment! I spent a lot of hard earned dosh on the cases ( as I'm sure everyone else did / has / is going to!) and am beginning to think getting cases is a really bad idea. Artbox are so predictable with collation that after a few boxes in each case I knew what was happening, and the icy hand of wasted money wretched into my Christmas expanded gut. Allender made me laugh though with his odds of getting three cases the same.Wish I could beat those odds on inserts!!! Seems I'm still paying back the luck I had on the Pear Tree leaves hey Roz!  

Hi All. Sorry to start the year with bad news. Collation on this set is a stinker. Bought three cases. All three had the same inserts. Costumes, props, film cards. Someone found this out on another thread. I shall no longer collect Harry Potter cards. We all expect repeat cards in cases but not case for case. This is offically the worst Potter set ever ( at least the Wizards of the Coast set was cheap!). Hope everyone else has better luck. But with all the crud autos and inserts it probably isn't worth it if you get different cards anyway. Why were so many of the autos dropped at such short notice anyway? Because the conman had our money by then. Got loads of swaps if anyone is interested. WARNING - do not buy cases of this product!!!!!!!!

Thanks Nienna

Hi All, I'll try to go if I'm not working. Gimli, are you also Cardvault? I did go to Collectormania on Saturday but didn't know was who was who.

Hi Roz, I'm tempted. Some good autos there. But will probably give it a miss. Already invested in HP over the next two months and don't really fancy a pair of Brandon Routh's briefs!!

Hi All, Went to Collectormania today. Had a splitting headache all morning from the excesses of the night before, but managed to have a good look around. Didn't think there was much on offer on the card front. I was after after a few boxes and the dealers don't tend to take many with them. Cardvault seemed to have the best selection of HP and LOTR Cards. Thought there may have been some Yakshackers around the stand but my beer-impaired ears were still de-waxing too much to earwig. Was it just my delicate disposition for the day or do you think a lot of people push and shoove around the crowded aisles rather rudely at these events? 

Lack of self control. Pre-ordered a case of GOFU from Potomac today. Couldn't not be around when all the opening starts. It's tantamount to gambling but what the heck!! I'm due a big pull............

Thanks for the info guys, I'll probably pass on cases this time round if they are hard to come by. Roz, you are probably right about buying in UK being better. The old Import Tax usually turns up a few months later, and I've had few problems with TNT. You pay the bill and they keep chasing you - their accounts apartment is a shambles!

Hi all,

I'm a bit late on these cards, as I was waiting for content like everyone else. I'm looking for a good deal on cases in the UK ( I usually buy three ). I try to buy from Potomac but they don't seem to have any. If anyone has any ideas, or has a better deal, please let me know. Thanks, Steve

I have a GOF costume card C3 Delacour I would like to swap for a C10 Delacour scarf if anyone is interested? Cheers Steve

Hi All, I have the following GOF cards for trade.

To Trade: Fire Breathing Dragon Case Topper                    Want: Any of the other two Case Toppers

To Trade: Autos Lloyd-Hughes, Davis, Bjelac and Mandy      Want: Brendan Gleeson

To Trade: Costumes C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C9, C11, C14   Want: C1, C10, C12, C13

To Trade: Props P4(red), P6                                            Want: P1, P2, P3, P7, P8, P9, P10


Cheers, Steve. I also have some POA autos, Costumes, props etc including Julie Christie for trade if anyone is interested

I am sjf6 on ebay if you want to check my feedback. Thanks Again.

I hope we get some more good autos. I've ordered a few cases and so far am very disappointed in the line up. Talking of other people signing other sets - they don't come any bigger than Charlton Heston! If Moses can sign, anyone can!!!

I doubt Alan Rickman will ever sign.  It was because he didn't want his image on trading cards that half the 1990s Topps Robin Hood set had to be pulled. Robbie Coltrane is always moaning about people asking for his autograph so the chances of him signing are about the same. The days of a Fellowship of the Ring all encompassing auto line-up are gone. Even Batman Begins, with it's great effort, didn't get the man himself!

Is it just me or do a lot of the autos on these cards look pretty flakey? Seems they did not stick to the cards very well before UV coating. Liam Neeson had the right idea using a different pen!!

Bought a case of Batman Begins as they seemed so cheap. After six boxes I was sitting with a derisory five Batman's capes, a dud box and no autos. I was cursing having bought such a naff Topps product. )Yet somehow I snagged a Michael Caine on my penultimate box( a massively underrated card, and the one I wanted. Having resigned myself to this single, yet cherished auto, I opened the last box. My seventh cape was looming. But then bang!!! A Gary Oldman Auto card / Batman's Costume card in one box. Suddenly the worst case ever had become the best box / best case ever!! To all those with Batman cases, don't give up - at rock bottom I found a real life portal to South London's finest!!!

Not heard from them yet but they usually whizz them on there way as soon as they get them. 

Anymore pics?

Every part of my body is saying buy a case! but my wallet and bank account is saying "Stay Away!!"

Martyn - buy, buy, buy!

The set looks brilliantly designed. Gotta get a John Hurt!  

Just got in from work. The board has gone berserk!! Good job by all the guys that have opened and posted cards. Thanks for all the info! Looks like this set is a winner. Artbox are back on form. Upped my cases from 2 to 3 with excitement( the commissioner will have to pay me more overtime!). After the disappointment of update, card collecting is back at its best!